/etc/hosts IP Persistence
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Last Modified 2022-04-05 16:41 EDTDomain Name resolution, the process of mapping host or domain names, such as mytruenas
or truenas1.mycompany.com
, to their associated IP addresses can be achieved through a variety of methods.
The quickest method is to read entries in the
The hosts file can be used to speed up name resolution if a DNS server is not available on the local network. A DNS server runs networking software that allows it to join the Domain Name System, which is the standard service used on the Internet for name resolution.
When adding entries to the